Horseshoe.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1905.

llll |llH fi /Z111 m1 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE JAMES HOWARD, OF MILLVALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO J. IRVING ALLSHOUSE, OF STANTON, PENNSYLVANIA,

AND ONE-FOURTH TO N. N. VANIA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1906.

Application filed, June 2, 1905, Serial No. 263.492,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES HOWARD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Millvale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horseshoes; and the invention has for its object to provide a novel form of horseshoe each part of which will have an equal wearing-surface and will insure a perfect and positive footing of an animal provided with my improved shoes.

Another object of this invention is to pro- Vide horseshoes the wearingsurfaces of which are constructed of a harder and more durable metal than the body portion of the shoes, whereby the life. and use of the shoes is considerably lengthened.

Briefly described, my improved horseshoe is preferably formed of two kinds of metal steel and iron. The strips of metal are placed together, the steel being interposed etween the iron strips, and then heated to a brazing heat, at which time they are brazed together and passed through suitable rolls to provide strips of a substantial T shape, which are out to the desired lengths and bent to conform to horseshoes, the shoes being provided with suitable nailopenings.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of three pieces of metal employed to form my improved horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a strip which is bent to conform to a horseshoe. Fig. 3 is abottom plan view of a horseshoe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line a: a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a modified Fig. 6 is a sectional view form of horseshoe.

taken on the line y y of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line to w of Fig. 5.

To put my invention into practice, I preferably construct my improved horseshoes of two kinds of metalnamely, iron and steel. I employ a steel strip 1 and iron strips 2 2, said strips being placed upon each side of the steel strip or metal, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. The strips are then heated to a brazing heat and passed through suitable rolls to produce a substantial T- shaped strip of metal 3, the vertical portion 4 of which is provided with a sharp or beveled edge 5. ing edge of my improved horseshoe, and as the steel strip of metal is located between the iron strips this wearing edge will be formed almost entirely of steel. The strip of metal 3 is then sheared into desired lengths and bent to conform to the shape of a horseshoe, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The outer flange 6 of the horseshoe 7 is provided with a plurality of vertically-disposed openings 8 8 to accommodate horseshoenails employed for securing the shoes upon an animals foot.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I have illustrated a shoe which is provided with a toe-calk 9 and heel-calks 10 10, these calks being formed of a suitable metal, such as steel, and they are preferably welded upon the outer flange 6 of the shoe 11 and in engagement with the vertical portion 4 of the shoe.

By constructing my improved horseshoe with a depending sharpened rib a positive and firm footing of an animal provided with my improved shoes is assured; also, a more light and durable shoe is provided than the ordinary shoe at present used. It will also be observed that I have devised a horseshoe which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly eflicient for service.

It is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described horseshoe will be apparent without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of corn This edge forms the wear- 7 struction may be resorted to Without deconsisting of strips of iron and a strip of steel parting from the spirit of the invention or rolled to form a substantially T-shaped strip sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. having a sharpened edge, substantially as What I claim, and desire to secure by Letdescribed. 1 5 5 ters Patent, is- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature f 1. is hipriishoe of th fe charactell" gescrfibed in the presence of two Witnesses.

orme o t ee strips 0 metal rol e to orm a substantially T-shaped strip of metal, the JAlVIES HOWARD vertical portion of said strip of metal having Witnesses: 10 a sharpened edge, substantially as described. E. E. POTTER,

2. A horseshoe of the character described K. H. BUTLER. 

